Whistle

Quick meaning: Whistle is a noun meaning A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.

Meaning

A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.

More Meanings

1. An act of whistling.
2. A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
3. Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
4. (Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute).
5. (colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
6. (ambitransitive) To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
7. (ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.

Example Sentences

Never whistle at a funeral.

the whistle of the wind in the trees

Let's […] drink the other cup to wet our whistles.

We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church.

Word Forms

• whistles
• whistling
• whistled

Synonyms for whistle

Depending on context, synonyms include sing, whistling, pennywhistle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sing, pennywhistle, toot, hissing, hiss, blowing.

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